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Studies in the Qur'an and its Commentaries

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The Christians of Najran in Muqatil's Tafsir
According to Muslim tradition, the messenger of Islam met a delegation of Christians from Najran (in the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula). The story of their meeting and discussion is famous from the Sira of Ibn Ishaq. However, I found an alternate version in an early Qur'anic commentary written by Muqatil ibn Sulayman. This article was published in the Spanish journal Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 3 (2006).

"The Qur'an" for "The Islamic World"
Andrew Rippin and I wrote an article on the Qur'an for the collection titled, "The Islamic World." This is just a draft of the article. Read the polished version in "The Islamic World", Andrew Rippin, editor (London: Routledge, 2008).